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AI exposure Farming, fishing and forestry

Will AI replace animal breeders?

Animal Breeders. US occupation 45-2021.

0.0%

of the time animal breeders spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of animal breeders' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 346 of 756 US occupations. No AI use seen in the work yet, along with 410 other occupations.No handover started yet, along with 410 other occupations.

Average US job 7.7%

Among the least exposed jobs there are.Still waiting for liberation.

What AI already does for animal breedersWhat animal breeders no longer do alone

O*NET lists 21 tasks for animal breeders. None of them shows meaningful AI use at work yet.

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

21 of the 21 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Brand, tattoo, or tag animals to allow animal identification.Core task
  • Build hutches, pens, and fenced yards.Core task
  • Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.Core task
  • Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.Core task
  • Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.Core task
  • Purchase and stock supplies of feed and medicines.Core task
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  • Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.Core task
  • Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.Core task
  • Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.Core task
  • Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
  • Arrange for sale of animals and eggs to hospitals, research centers, pet shops, and food processing plants.
  • Bathe and groom animals.
  • Clip or shear hair on animals.
  • Examine semen microscopically to assess and record density and motility of gametes, and dilute semen with prescribed diluents, according to formulas.
  • Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition.
  • Exhibit animals at shows.
  • Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
  • Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
  • Measure specified amounts of semen into calibrated syringes, and insert syringes into inseminating guns.
  • Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
  • Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.

How that compares

Among the 11 farming, fishing and forestry occupations, animal breeders rank 4. The group averages 0.2%, and its most exposed job is Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse at 2.0%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

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  1. 346Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 0.0%
  2. 346Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 0.0%
  3. 346Anesthesiologists 0.0%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.